Eastern Europe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100209/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_brief_italy_mcitaly

February 9th 2010

Italy minister defends boost for McDonald's burger

NICOLE WINFIELD

Many Italian officials thought that Minister Luca Zaia was more for McDonalds than for Italy's culinary reputation. He argued that McDonald's new McItaly burger will help fill the farmers pockets. Italy prides its self on thier delicious and healthy cuisine, so Zaia's support of McDonalds was hard.

I think that the writer was mostly informational but seemed to put a lot of things against Zaia, which makes it seem that he might agree against Zaia. I think that

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/petshealth/7167358/Man-operated-on-his-own-dog-because-vet-too-expensive.html

Feb. 5 2010
Medicine

Man 'operated on his own dog because vet too expensive'


Alan MacQuattie ,of Rhode Island, could not afford the money to pay for his labador retriever to see a vet. He instead, did the needed surgery for the removal of the cyst in his dogs leg.The procedure gave the dog an infection and the dog in the end had to see the vet. A veterinarian and the president of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, called the surgery by ,Alan MacQuattie, a crime. In court Alan MacQuattisaid that he had no intent on harmimg his dog.

NFC Champion: Saints beat Vikings in OT to advance to Super Bowl

Rick Alonzo

Pioneer Press
1/24/10
sports
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14259585?nclick_check=1

The Vikings were winning the game at the biginning of the game, but with Bret Farve becoming injured in the third quarte